Bacho, Niña Marie J. 8.

It is simple in essence but has caused

BSEd-Math 3A debates among mathematicians and led
to the development of what is known as
Non-Euclidean geometry.
1. He insisted that geometric statements A. Parallel Axiom
be established by deductive reasoning B. Collinear
rather than by trial and error. C. Postulate
A. Thales of Miletus D. Axiomatic Method
B. Pythagoras
C. Herodotus 9. It was actually a collection of rule-of-
D. Euclid thumb procedures arrived at through
experimentation, observation of
2. How many planes does exist in analogies, guessing, and occasional
spherical geometry. flashes of intuition.
A. 2 A. Geometry
B. 1 B. Ancient Geometry
C. 3 C. Euclidean Geometry
D. 0 D. Non-Euclidean Geometry

3. He calculated the correct ratios of the 10. He is the father of Geometry.

harmonic intervals in music. A. Pythagoras
A. Pythagoras B. Thales of Miletus
B. Herodotus C. Euclid
C. Euclid D. Plato
D. Plato
11. Who attempted to change the value of π
4. He produced the definitive treatment of 22
to and was rejected?
Greek geometry and number theory in 7
the mathematical treatise called A. Egyptians
Elements. B. Rabbi Nehemiah
A. Pythagoras C. Babylonians
B. Herodotus D. Pythagoras
C. Euclid
D. Plato 12. They had the approximation of π as
3.1604.
5. What do you call the circle on a sphere A. Egyptians
which divides the spheres in 2 equal B. Greeks
hemispheres? C. Babylonians
A. Spherical Plane D. Pythagoreans
B. Spherical Arcs
C. Small Circle 13. It is defined as the study of figures on
D. Great Circle the surface of a sphere.
A. Euclidean Geometry
6. How many volumes does the B. Spherical Geometry
mathematical treatise Elements C. Elliptic Geometry
contains? D. Hyperbolic Geometry
A. 12
B. 13 14. They have found the correct formula for
C. 15 the volume of a frustum of a square
D. 17 pyramid.
A. Pythagoreans
7. They proved that if a triangle has sides B. Greeks
of lengths a, b, and c and if a2 + b2 = c2, C. Babylonians
then the triangle is a right triangle. D. Egyptians
A. Babylonians
B. Egyptians 15. They were much more advanced than
C. Greeks the Egyptians in arithmetic and algebra.
D. Hindus
 we are studying, forcing us to organize
A. Pythagoreans our ideas in a coherent way.
B. Greeks A. Proofs
C. Babylonians B. Axioms
D. Chinese C. Postulates
D. Theorems
16. In what book of Euclid’s Elements can
we find the text of the theory of numbers 23. It is also known as the starting point that
taught in the Pythagorean school? does not need to be proved.
A. Book I-IV A. Common terms
B. Book VII B. Axioms
C. Book V C. Undefined terms
D. Book IX D. Theorems

17. The sum of the angles of a triangle is 24. It was defined by Euclid as “that which
less than 180 degrees. lies evenly with the points on itself”.
A. Euclidean Geometry A. Plane
B. Spherical Geometry B. Point
C. Elliptic Geometry C. Straight line
D. Hyperbolic Geometry D. Curved line

18. Who wrote the statement, “It is well 25. The points that correspond to opposite
known that the man who first made ends of a diameter of the sphere.
public the theory of irrationals perished A. Radius
in a shipwreck, in order that the B. Antipodal
inexpressible and unimaginable should C. Arcs
ever remain veiled”? D. Great Circles
A. Johann Lambert
B. F. Lindemann 26. It was defined as the set of all points
C. Hippocrate and lines, all which are said to “lie on” it.
D. Proclus A. Plane
B. Point
19. He taught that the universe of ideas is C. Straight line
more important than the material world D. Curved line
of the senses, the latter being only a
shadow of the former. 27. Who published the first rigorous treatise
A. Pythagoras on geometry?
B. Herodotus A. Euclid
C. Euclid B. David Hilbert
D. Plato C. Moritz Pasch
D. M. Pieri
20. The set of points in three-dimensional
space equidistant from the center. 28. The distance from the center to the
A. Sphere points on the spheres is called?
B. Arcs A. Arcs
C. Hemispheres B. Vertex
D. Diameter C. Diameter
D. Radius
21. They share a common vertex and are
congruent. 29. The five fundamental assumptions
A. Corresponding Angles where Euclid based his geometry is
B. Vertical Angles called?
C. Linear Pairs A. Axioms
D. Interior Angles B. Notations
C. Theorems
22. These give us assurance that results are D. Presumptions
correct and give us tremendous insight
into relationships among different things
30. It is the most controversial postulate of same plane as the given line and never
Euclid. intersects it.
A. Postulate II
B. Postulate I
C. Postulate IV A. Euclidean Geometry
D. Postulate V B. Spherical Geometry
C. Neutral Geometry
31. How many axioms does axioms of D. Hyperbolic Geometry
betweenness have?
A. 3 38. He was trained as both a navigator and
B. 4 mathematician, the discoverer of
C. 5 Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and
D. 6 other islands in the Pacific.
A. Janos Bolyai
32. These are defined such that the shortest B. Nikolai Lobachevsky
distance between two points lies along C. James Cook
them and are called great circles in D. G.F.B Riemann
spherical geometry.
A. Lines 39. What are total degrees of the angles for
B. Segments it to be considered as supplementary
C. Rays angles?
D. Arcs A. 90 degrees
B. 360 degrees
33. When a transversal intersects with two C. 60 degrees
parallel lines, how many angles are D. 180 degrees
produced?
A. 2 40. These are geometric theorems that can
B. 4 be proved using only the axioms of
C. 6 incidence, betweenness, congruence,
D. 8 and continuity and without using the
axiom of parallelism.
34. He developed the angle of parallelism A. Euclidean Geometry
which depends on the distance the point B. Spherical Geometry
is off the given line. C. Neutral Geometry
A. Janos Bolyai D. Hyperbolic Geometry
B. Nikolai Lobachevsky
C. G.F.B Riemann 41. Every straight line may be extended.
D. Carl Friedrich Gauss Which postulate of Euclid is this?
A. Postulate II
35. When two rays intersects with each B. Postulate I
other in the same plane and form an C. Postulate IV
angle, the point of intersection is what D. Postulate III
we called as?
A. Coplanar 42. This describes the geometric figures
B. Intersection Point with the same shapes but has
C. Center proportional size.
D. Vertex A. Similar
B. Congruent
36. These axioms are needed to fill a C. Equal
number of gaps in Euclid's Elements. D. Equilateral
A. Axioms of Betweenness
B. Axioms of Congruence 43. There is one straight line containing two
C. Axioms of Continuity distinct points. Which postulate of Euclid
D. Axioms of Parallelism is this?
A. Postulate II
37. Given a point and a line, there is exactly B. Postulate I
one line through the point that is in the C. Postulate IV
 D. Postulate III

44. He was referred to as the Priceps

mathematicorum, the latin word for “the
foremost of mathematicians”.
A. Janos Bolyai
B. Nikolai Lobachevsky ANSWER KEY:
C. G.F.B Riemann
D. Carl Friedrich Gauss 1. A
2. B
45. All right angles are equal. Which 3. A
postulate of Euclid is this? 4. C
A. Postulate II 5. D
B. Postulate I 6. B
C. Postulate IV 7. C
D. Postulate III 8. A
9. B
46. He was one of the best mathematicians 10. C
of his time who was obsessed with 11. B
proving the parallel postulate of Euclid. 12. A
A. Adrien Marie Legendre 13. B
B. David Hilbert 14. D
C. Pythagoras 15. C
D. John Playfair 16. C
17. D
47. When two parallel lines are cut by a 18. D
transversal, that angles that occupy the 19. D
same relative position is called? 20. A
A. Corresponding Angles 21. B
B. Vertical Angles 22. A
C. Linear Pairs 23. C
D. Interior Angles 24. C
25. B
48. He was a Hungarian mathematician who 26. A
developed absolute geometry, a 27. C
geometry that includes both Euclidean 28. D
and Hyperbolic Geometry. 29. A
A. Janos Bolyai 30. D
B. Nikolai Lobachevsky 31. B
C. G.F.B Riemann 32. A
D. Carl Friedrich Gauss 33. D
34. B
49. This describes the geometric figures 35. D
with the same shapes and size. 36. C
A. Similar 37. A
B. Congruent 38. C
C. Equal 39. D
D. Equilateral 40. C
41. A
50. It is part of the line that connects two 42. A
points. 43. B
A. Straight Line 44. D
B. Line Segment 45. C
C. Ray 46. A
D. Line 47. A
48. A
49. B
50. B